HOW DOES GOLDEN CUP AND / OR KIDDY BALM WORK?

The unique blend of essential oils is key.  Listed below is how and why.

Camphor:

The Camphor Laurel Tree is native to South East Asia.  Camphor is traditionally procured by chopping the wood of a camphor laurel into small chips and steaming them.

• Awakens perception and stimulates clarity of thought
• Fights fatigue
• Strengthens and stimulates the body
• A very potent and powerful essential oil, traditionally used in smelling salts throughout history
• Camphor naturally sedates the nerves hence reduction in anxiety
• Aids recovery from colds, coughs, influenza and fever (was used to fight the plague in ancient Persia!)
• Soothes muscular aches and pains, sprains and strains, rheumatism
• Eases headache
• Warms and cools the body where necessary
• Analgesic, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory
• Consult GP during pregancy regarding this essential oil

 

Eucalyptus Oil:

The Eucalyptus Tree (sometimes known as the Fever Tree) originates from Australia, although is now grown in many other countries around the world, including parts of Europe, India and South Africa.

The eucalyptus oil is extracted from the fresh or partially dried leaves and young twigs by way of a steam distillation process.  Australian Aborigines call it 'kino' and use the leaves to cover serious wounds, and reportedly used it to successfully cure fever, hence its name as the 'fever tree'.

• Soothing and calming effect on the whole body
• Helps with the immune system
• Refreshes and stimulates the brain, thus improving concentration
• Gives relief from headache, migraine and nervous exhaustion
• Provides aid in reducing temperature due to illness
• Invaluable in fighting respiratory problems, inflammation and sore muscles
• Helps to aid repair of slow healing wounds and ulsers
• By way of reducing oil production in the skin and drying the tissue, is an excellent aid for skin conditions such as acne
• Naturally antiseptic, anti-bacterial, decongestant, analgesic, stimulant

 

Methyl Salicylate (Oil of Wintergreen):

Methyl Salicylate (oil of wintergreen) is a natural product of many species of plants.  Some of the plants producing it are called 'wintergreens', hence the common name.

Methyl Salicylate is also classed as an 'ester', commonly known as 'oil of wintergreen' or 'betula oil'.  Esters are a class of aromatic organic compounds that are widely found in nature.  Methyl Salicylate is found in high concentrations in the berries and leaves of wintergreen and birch (betula), and in lesser degrees in blackcurrants, cherries, tomatoes, liquorice root and fig leaf.  It is a prominent flavour of root beer and birch beer.

• Analgesic properties, anti-inflammatory

 

Peppermint Oil:

Peppermint is a perennial herb native to Southern Europe, but now cultivated worldwide.  The oil is obtained from the steam distillation of the fresh flowering herb.

• Peppermint Oil is the only essential oil that can help alleviate both jet lag and motion sickness
• Acts as a stimulant and revitalizer 
• Refreshes and invigorates
• Boosts concentration and memory
• Helps to stave off mind anxiety attacks
• Effective in reducing feelings of nausea
• Relieves tension headache and migraine
• Offers good wound healing properties
• Aids healing from burns
• Helps to ease respiratory congestion and soothe muscular aches and pains

 

Cinnamon:

Cinnamon is a shrub which although originating from tropical Asia, is now grown in almost every tropical region of the world.  The oil is obtained from the leaves and twigs by way of steam distillation.

• This oil is both restorative and strengthening, which helps aid recovery from illness
• Helps to ease depression and alleviate fatigue
• Boosts activity of the brain, and, hence, acts as a good 'brain tonic'
• Promotes feeling of well-being and enhances mood
• Helps remove nervous tension and memory loss
• Has long recognised aphrodisiac qualities
• Aids poor circulation, stiff and aching muscles and arthritis
• Soothes mild skin conditions and acne
• Anti-bacterial, astringent, antiseptic

 

Menthol Oil:

Menthol Oil is a naturally occurring oil derived from mint leaves.

• Hugely versatile pain reliever
• Effective in providing relief from backache, muscular aches, strains and sprains by cooling tendons and muscles
• Provides a calming effect on muscle spasms
• Helps to inhibit pain by acting locally on painful areas rather than acting on the nervous system as a whole, like most other pain relievers
• Provides relief from burns and itching
• Helps relieve respiratory problems, headache and nausea
• Is invigorating, stimulating and uplifting
• Analgesic, local anaesthetic, anti-bacterial

 

Cajuput Oil (or white tea-tree or swamp tea-tree):

The Cajuput Tree although originating from the Malaysian coastal plains, is also found in Australia.  The oil is extracted from fresh leaves and twigs by way of steam distillation.

• Aids healing from wounds
• Helps skin conditions such as acne and psoriasis
• Effective in warding off insect bites, also from lice and fleas
• Helps to uplift mood and fight fatigue
• Promotes feeling of well-being, dispelling feelings of lethargy
• Effective in providing relief from rheumatism and arthritis
• A powerful antiseptic, stimulant, analgesic and decongestant

 

Clove Oil:

The Clove Tree originates from Indonesia.  The dried flower heads of the clove are used for culinary and medicinal purposes.

• Offers excellent wound healing properties
• Promotes relief from athlete's foot, bruises, burns, prickly heat rash, insect bites and bee stings
• Provides natural aphrodisiac qualities
• Reduces mental tensions such as stress and mental fatigue
• Natural stimulant for depression, anxiety and memory loss
• Helps fight insomnia
• Effective in reducing discomfort associated with cluster headache
• Relieves nausea and motion sickness
• Regular use of clove oil has been shown to benefit acne sufferers
• Offers strong immune-stimulating properties
• Strong germicidal qualities, strong antiseptic and anti-inflammatory